Moodle Docker Container

Summary

This project deploys the Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) course management system using one Docker container that runs both Nginx and PHP/PHP-FPM services

Local Environment Setup

1. Install Docker on your system.

   ./setup.sh

2. Copy/clone dockerfiles from the moodle-docker repository and build the containers. Note: docker-postgres is a Git submodule in moodle-docker.

   # Moodle repo
   git clone https://github.com/SecurityCompass/moodle-docker.git
   
   # Pull submodules into local repo
   git submodule update --init

3. Copy your SSL certificate and key into the conf/etc/nginx/ssl/ dir as moodle.crt and moodle.key. The included pair are self-signed and can be used (TESTING ONLY).

   Instructions below to generate your own self-signed certificate pair.

4. Customize .env according to your environment. Most notably MOODLE_WWWROOT (based on your instance IP/FQDN)

5. Build, configure and start the docker containers with docker-compose.

   • --detach toggles foreground/background

   Here are some ways to run these containers:

   Build containers

   cd moodle-docker
   docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml --file dc.build.yml build --no-cache

   Deploy locally (Full stack)

   Modify these lines in .env to match your local environment

   • MOODLE_WWWROOT (Usually 127.0.0.1)
   • MOODLE_DATAROOT (Make this directory locally and use the full path)

   Then start the containers with:

   cd moodle-docker
   docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml up --force-recreate --always-recreate-deps --detach

   Deploy in production (Full stack)

   Modify these lines in .env to match your local environment

   • MOODLE_WWWROOT (Usually the FQDN)
   • MOODLE_DATAROOT (Make this directory and use the full path)

   Then start the containers with:

   cd moodle-docker
   docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml up --force-recreate --always-recreate-deps --detach

   Deploy Web server and DB separately (separate servers)

   cd moodle-docker
   docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml --file dc.prod-dbonly.yml up --force-recreate --detach postgres
   docker-compose --file docker-compose.yml up --force-recreate --no-deps --detach nginx-php-moodle

Misc.

• Generate self-signed certificate (TESTING ONLY)

  openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout moodle.key -out moodle.crt -days 365 -nodes -subj "/C=CA/ST=ON/L=Toronto/O=SC/OU=Org/CN=www.example.com"